^aSchool of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK. E-mail: c.chiva@salford.ac.uk

Abstract

The article explores the development and institutionalisation of political science in Romania after 1989. It argues that, despite a rapid process of expansion and institutionalisation, the emergence of political science as an internationally competitive discipline has been fundamentally affected by two types of factors: communist legacies and systemic under-investment in teaching and research.